Eagle Radio

Eagle Radio
Broadcast area	Surrey and North-East Hampshire
Frequency	96.4 MHz, DAB
Programming
Format	Hot AC
Network	Greatest Hits Radio
Ownership
Owner	Bauer Radio
Sister stations	Formerly: eagle80s; eagle70s
History
First air date	4 January 1996
Last air date	1 September 2020
Former names	96.4 The Eagle; 96.4 Eagle Radio;
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates	51°13′42″N 0°36′19″W / 51.2284°N 0.6054°WCoordinates: 51°13′42″N 0°36′19″W / 51.2284°N 0.6054°W

Eagle Radio was a local radio station in the Surrey and North East Hampshire area of England. Based in Guildford in the Guildford College campus, Eagle Radio was part of the UKRD Group of radio stations.

Launch[]

Peter Gordon launched 96.4 The Eagle at 7:45am on 4 January 1996, with the words "Hey, I've landed", an allusion to "the Eagle has Landed", the call sign Neil Armstrong used for the landing of the 1969 lunar landing craft. The first song played was "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel and the second song was "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac.

History[]

The station changed its name from 96.4 The Eagle to 96.4 Eagle Radio in February 2007 and later changed to solely Eagle Radio. It launched on DAB Digital Radio on 12 December 2013.

Until 2018, Eagle Radio broadcast The Vodafone Big Top 40 chart show (previously The Pepsi Chart & Hit40UK) which was produced from Capital FM in London and syndicated across over 140 commercial radio stations in the UK. However, the show was withdrawn from syndication in 2018 and now broadcasts solely on Heart & Capital stations.

Closure[]

Eagle Radio was purchased by Bauer Media in 2019 along with other stations in the UKRD group.^[1] On 27 May 2020 it was announced that Eagle Radio will become Greatest Hits Radio from early September 2020. The station went through a transitional period where its playlist was changed over to the 70s, 80s and 90s era, and jingles changed to reflect the station playing "greatest hits". Eagle Radio was finally rebranded to Greatest Hits Radio at 6:00am on 1 September 2020.

Notable past presenters[]

Neil Fox (Networked Chart Show)
Mark Goodier (Networked Chart Show)
Leona Graham

References[]

^ Waterson, Jim (27 May 2020). "Dozens of local radio stations to vanish across England". The Guardian (in British English). ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

External links[]

Greatest Hits Radio Surrey & East Hampshire

[1] Waterson, Jim (27 May 2020). "Dozens of local radio stations to vanish across England". The Guardian (in British English). ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

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